Individuals with disabilities and their family members now have a new way to save and plan for future expenses.
New Yorkers can now open a tax-deferred 529 Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) account. The accounts are...

Amazon Echo, Siri and Google Home. You've probably heard about these virtual assistants, and you might even have one in your pocket. The technology is especially helpful for people who are visually impaired.
Legally blind...

"What's an ox?”
That was the confounding question assistive technology specialist Neal McKenzie faced a year and a half ago from one of the 100-plus students he helps who is visually impaired in the classrooms of Northern...

Henry "Trae" Winter, who works at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, decided to build an app to help people who are blind experience this summer's eclipse.
Eclipse Soundscapes, which launched for iPads and iPhones recently, features...

In their continuing efforts to "audio describe the world," researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa will collaborate with Google, the American Council of the Blind and the National Park Service to audio describe...

2 p.m. EDT, Aug. 17
EvoXLabs founder Ather Sharif will discuss his experiences in making tech-focused workplaces more inclusive, from building technology solutions to how and why EvoXLabs developed a partnership with Access Computing at UW that connects students with disabilities...

A scammer has sent phishing text messages while claiming to be RESNA leadership. These include requests for money claiming 1) ATP recertification fees, 2) outstanding conference fees, or 3) the subject of an ethical complaint.
RESNA does NOT use text messaging to inform...

Ongoing
People of all abilities should have the opportunity to exercise effectively and to participate in fitness activities. RESNA would like to spread the word about the Inclusive Fitness (IF) committee! It's currently comprised of users,...

June 26-30
Thank you for attending the conference in New Orleans. Attendees handouts for the workshops, ICs and other events are available and those that aren't present will be updated. Also, submit CEUs earned at the conference. For more information, contact conference@resna.org.

A collaboration between the academic world and industry has led to the development of a self-driving wheelchair that will be a game-changer for the more than 5 million power wheelchair users in North America, simplifying their lives.

About six months ago, Sam Lew, an undergraduate at Brigham Young University, was out and about on campus when a woman in a wheelchair asked him to help open a door. That got him thinking about how difficult daily life must be for any student...

Millions of stroke victims and cerebral palsy sufferers could benefit from a South Australian designed gaming controller that will be spruiked at a global conference in Switzerland.
Flinders University rehabilitation engineering lecturer...

For someone with a neuromuscular disease, like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, using a keyboard and a mouse is easier said than done.
That's because for people with ALS, the eyes...